URGENT INTRODUCTION HEAL AFRICA’s mission is to preserve the dignity of all people and to improve the health of all communities. Within this framework, HEAL AFRICA’s emergency team carried out a mission to analyze the situation for people displaced by war in Mugunga and Don Bosco and to identify emergency needs there. The general […]
On Monday, November 19th, 2012, war erupted in Goma between a rebel group, called ‘M23,’ and the Congolese army. As these two armed groups engaged in a two day-long firefight, many people were displaced, wounded, and killed. By Wednesday morning, M23 had declared victory and stated that they will continue to ‘liberate’ the rest of […]
The HEAL Africa team did a rapid assessment of the situation among the displaced people on Tuesday and Wednesday. HEAL Africa is working in partnership with PPSSP, a Congolese organization with ten years of experience in community development and relief work in North Kivu. They are members of the UNOCHA coordinating committee which will orchestrate […]
Stephane Alimasi, Secretary at HEAL Africa We have lived this war in a climate of fear. We were waiting for the crackling of bullets, bombs. We stayed in our houses without moving, we were hungry, no market were open to buy food, and until now in the city of Goma there is neither water nor […]
Stephane Alimasi, Secretaire HEAL Africa Cette guerre nous l’avons vécu dans un climat de peur, on attendait des crépitements de balles, et des bombes, nous sommes restés dans des maisons sans bouger, nous avions faim, il n’y avait pas de marché pour s’approvisionner en vivre, et jusqu’à maintenant dans la ville de Goma, il n’ya […]
Updates and Letters of Appeal from Dr. Luc Malemo and Dr. Margaret Salmon Tomorrow is uncertain –Dr. Malemo From Dr. Salmon, received Wed, Nov 21, 2012: Subject: Goma, a functioning trauma center without supplies. Unacceptable Below find our chief of surgery and director of emergency medicine’s morning comment and second appeal for assistance. HEAL Hospital […]
This morning we received an update from Dr. Lussy at HEAL Africa in Goma: ‘It was calm in Goma last night, so we slept. Until this morning we have received 49 seriously wounded that we are taking care of. We ran out of fuel during the night and the generator stopped. We have gotten a […]
In Goma, HEAL Africa gives emergency care to the war wounded. Goma, 20 Novembre 2012 – 41 people are now inpatients at the HEAL Africa hospital after being injured by bullets during the fights between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Movement of March 23 (M23). These battles occurred in […]
The city of Goma passed to the control of the rebel group M23 over a series of struggles this morning the 20th of November, after a hard battle in the center of Goma. The M23 rebels are visible everywhere in town. There is some sporadic shooting in the outlying neighborhoods of the city. Some gunshot […]
In the early hours of November 19, Dr. Jo Lusi, Co-founder of HEAL Africa in Goma, spoke on the phone with Judy Anderson, Executive Director of HEAL Africa in the United States. He said one or more rockets landed in Birere, a short distance from the hospital. HEAL Africa hospital is currently treating 30 patients who were […]